If you know your user is asking for help show them the damn help
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One of my pet peeves has always been the many different, sometimes very original ways in which CLI tools handle help requests. POSIX sets the canon: -h or --help is how we ask for help. But no, some tools want to be original at the worst moment: when their users are struggling, looking for guidance.
If you know your user is asking for help show them the damn help
If you know your user is asking for help show…
If you know your user is asking for help show them the damn help
One of my pet peeves has always been the many different, sometimes very original ways in which CLI tools handle help requests. POSIX sets the canon: -h or --help is how we ask for help. But no, some tools want to be original at the worst moment: when their users are struggling, looking for guidance.